Credit: AP - Scanpix
Credit AP - Scanpix

Jordan Poole scored 31 points and sank the winning 3-pointer with 17.9 seconds remaining as the short-handed Golden State Warriors erased a 17-point deficit to stun the host San Antonio Spurs 124-120 on Tuesday.

Player of the Game
Jordan  Poole
EFF
28
Jordan Poole
Points 31
Accuracy 9-24
Rebounds 6
Assists 5

The Spurs led by 15 points after three quarters before Golden State's makeshift lineup roared back to tie the game at 114 on Jonathan Kuminga's layup with 2:34 to play.

Damion Lee's 3-pointer on Golden State's next possession capped a 11-0 run and garnered the Warriors their first advantage since the opening minutes.

The lead changed hands four times over the next two minutes, the final time on Poole's decisive 3-pointer. Two free throws by Lee with 4.9 seconds remaining clinched a seventh straight win for Golden State.

The Warriors played the second game of a road back-to-back without Stephen Curry (toe), Klay Thompson (Achilles), Andrew Wiggins (knee), Nemanja Bjelica (back) and Otto Porter Jr. (foot). Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green and James Wiseman are also on Golden State's injured list.

Lee added 21 points for the Warriors, with Moses Moody hitting a career-high 20, Kuminga scoring 19 and Kevon Looney racking up 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Dejounte Murray led the Spurs with 27 points, nine assists and nine rebounds. Keldon Johnson added 21 points, Derrick White had 16, Devin Vassell tallied 14, Lonnie Walker IV scored 11 and Doug McDermott hit for 10.

San Antonio blew a double-digit, fourth-quarter lead for the second straight game.

The Spurs led by 10 points in the first quarter, behind eight points by McDermott and 5-for-9 shooting from beyond the arc.

The Warriors could not make much of a dent in the lead in the second quarter, never getting closer than two points before the Spurs pushed their advantage to 11 points in the waning seconds of the half. San Antonio led 69-61 at the break.

Murray led all scorers in the half, with 15 points. Johnson and Vassell added 11 points each as San Antonio outshot the Warriors 58.7 percent to 51.2 percent, including a 10-for-18 showing on 3-pointers.

Moody pace Golden State with 14 points while Looney racked up 12 points and 10 rebounds and Poole also scored 12 points.

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San Antonio Spurs
Golden State Warriors
55%
46/83
Field goals
45%
43/96
39
Rebounds
56
33
Assists
30
7
Steals
10
14
Turnovers
16
71%
12/17
Free throws
100%
18/18

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27 PTS
12/21 FG
2/3 FT
Jordan  Poole
31 PTS
9/24 FG
9/9 FT
Dejounte  Murray
9 REB
8 DREB
1 OREB
Kevon  Looney
12 REB
6 DREB
6 OREB
Dejounte  Murray
9 As
6 TO
38 MIN
Juan  Toscano-Anderson
7 As
2 TO
21 MIN
Dejounte  Murray
31 EFF
61% 2P%
33% 3P%
Jordan  Poole
28 EFF
45% 2P%
31% 3P%